HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 21

CHAPTER 24.

(Senate Bill 49)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 13,
14 and 16 of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Work—Hours of, in Factories", sub-
title "Employment of Minors", in order to make said sections
conform to the existing practice and procedure as to the
issuance of certificates.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 13, 14 and 16 of Article 100 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Work—Hours
of, in Factories", sub-title "Employment of Minors", be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

13. An employment certificate shall be issued in Baltimore
City only by the Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, and in
the counties by said Commissioner or by some person desig-
nated in writing by said Commissioner. The employment cer-
tificate shall be issued only upon application in person of the
parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child desiring such
employment, or if said child have no parent, guardian or legal
custodian, then by next friend, but no certificate shall be issued
by any person for any child then in, or about to enter such per-
son's own employment, or the employment of a firm or corpora-
tion of which said person is a member, officer or employee.
Employment certificates shall be of two classes: General em-
ployment certificates and vacation employment certificates.
General employment certificates shall entitle the child to work
during the entire year; vacation employment certificates shall
entitle the child to work during the entire year excepting dur-
ing such time as said child is required to attend public or
private school under the provisions of the laws now in force, or
hereafter to be enacted.

14. The person authorized to issue a general employment
certificate shall not issue such certificate until he has received,
examined, approved and made a record of the following papers,,
duly executed, viz:

(1) The school record of such child properly filled out and
signed, as provided in this sub-title, which school record shall
be furnished without charge to any child applying therefor by
the superintendent or teacher in charge of the school or schools
attended by said child.

(2) A certificate signed by a physician appointed by the
Commissioner stating that such child has been examined by